Reservoir for oil-stoves



(No Model.)

G. M. VOLTZ.

RESERVOIR FOR OIL STOVES.

No. 389,425. Patented Sept. 11 1888.

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PATENT GEORGE M. VOLTZ, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONEI-IALF TO THE ILLINOIS STREET GAS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RESERVOIR FOR O|L=STOVES.

SPECIPICATICN forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,425, dated September 11, 1888.

Application filed September 9, 1856. Serial No. 213,057. (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. VoL'rz, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, and a citizen of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Reservoirs for Oil-Stoves, of which the following is a full description.

The objects of my invention are to produce a reservoir for stoves using liquid fuel, consisting of two parts-viz., a main reservoir holding a large supply of fuel and a tank holding only enough for, say, one days supply, to avoid frequent tilling--and to insure safety by so constructing the reservoir as to preclude the filling of either of the two parts without me tinguishing the fire. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an isometric view of my improved reservoir, Fig. 2 being a detail view of the pack-nut in section.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters refer to like parts, A is the reservoir; B, the tank; 0, the stove, shown in part, and

- I) and E trestlcs provided with the boxes G G,

attached to their upper ends.

Extending upward from the top of the reservoir A, and connecting therewith, is the pipe H, provided with the stop-cock K, for regu lating the flow of the fuel to the tank B. This stop-cock K is provided with a lever-handle adapted to engage a grooved cap, K, in the top ofthe reservoir. The pipe H is also provided with the cross-T L, into which are connected the pipes F Fand the pipe M, the latter passing upward through the bottom of the tank B, thereby connecting it with the reservoir A. Resting in the boxes G G, which are attached to the tops of the trestles D and E and permitted to turn therein, are the pipes F F, connected with the cross-T L, as shown in Fig. 1. The other end of the pipe F enters the pack-nut N, its inside diameter being equal to the outside diameter of the pipe 0, which enters the other end of the pack-nut, as shown. Surrounding the pipe 0, within the pack-nut N, are the washers V, composed of asbestus or other substance, for resisting the action of the liquid fuel. The pack-nut N being screwed into place, the end of the pipe F compresses the washers V tightly around the pipe 0, by reason of their resting against the inside end of the pack-nut N, as shown in Fig. 2, thereby giving a tight connecting-joint and allowing the pipe F to turn within the pack-outwithout leakage. The reservoir A and tank B are also connected by a pipe, R, having its ends curved as shown.

My improved reservoir operates as follows, viz: The lever-handle of the stop-cock K being first turned, so that its lower end is free from the groove in the cap K, the cap is re moved and reservoir A filled. The cap being returned to its place and the stop-cock K being now open, the reservoir A is swung upward, the pipes F F, connected with it, turning in the boxes G G. The tank B, connected to the reservoir A by the pipes M and R, swings downward and the liquid fuel passes from the reservoir A through the pipes H and M and the croSsT L into the tank B, the pipe R serving to preserve the air equilibrium in the tank B and reservoir A. As soon as the stop-cock K is opened, and before the swinging of the reservoir and tank takes place, the liquid fuel remaining in the tank B and connecting-pipes passes through the stop-cock into the reservoir A,- thereby puttii'ig out the flame in the stove. Nor can the reservoir A be filled without first opening the stopcock, in order to remove the cap K, when the same effect takes place.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the reservoir A, having a grooved cap, K, the pipe H, communicating with the reservoir and having a stopcock, K, provided with a lever-handle adapted to engage said grooved cap, the tank B, the pipes L M, connecting said tank with the reservoir-pipe H, the horizontal pipes F F, con nected with the pipe L, and the pipe B, connecting the tank and reservoir, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the reservoir A, having a grooved cap, K, the tank B, the pipes H, L, M, and R, connecting the tank and res ervoir, the stop-cock K, the pipes F F and O, and the pack nut N, substantially as described.

GEORGE M. VQLTZ. 

